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DIRECTORS. 

Hon. C. E. Rudesill, President Charleston 

Hon. John A. Jones Huntington 

Hon. J. S. Lakin Terra Alta 

Hon. L. C. Queen Queens Ridge 

Dr. S. R. Holroyd Athens 

Hon. B. W. "Poster Huntington 



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L. V. Guthrie, M. D Superintendent 

W. H. Wilson, M. D Assistant Physician 

John A. Jones Treasurer 



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REPORT OF THE B04RD OF DIRECTORS. 



To His Excellency, Honorable A. B. White, Governor of West Virginia: 

Sir: — As required by law, we, the Board of Directors of the Asylum for 
Incurables, at Huntington, W. Va., hand you our biennial report covering 
the period from June 4th, 1901, to Oct. 1st, 1902. 

Owing to the fact of having no detailed account of the receipts and dis- 
bursements or management from Oct. 1st, 1900, to June 4th, 1901, this 
Board can make no report covering that period, excepting that the book- 
keeper, Mr. Robert Hill, turned over $10.14 to our present Treasurer and re- 
ported $9,323.46 held by J. Q. Dickinson, of Charleston, the treasurer at the 
time of the organization of this Board. 

We found this statement correct and J". Q. Dickinson delivered said 
amount, $9,323.46 to J. A. Jones, our present treasurer. 

The Board met on the fourth day of June, 1901, and organized by elect- 
ing C. E. Rudesill President, John A. Jones Treasurer and Dr. L. V. 
Guthrie Superintendent. 

The report of the Superintendent, Dr. L. "V. Guthrie, which accompanies 
this report, is so complete as regards the condition and wants of this In- 
stitution that it leaves little if anything for us to say or recommend except 
that we fully endorse his administration and his recommendations as re- 
gards the future needs of this Institution. 

With the opening of Building No. 4 and the taking of about one hundred 
patients from the asylums at Spencer and Weston it is wv.th considerable 
pride that we close the fiscal year with $5,847.35 of a surplus in the hands 
of the Superintendent and $657.07 in the hands of the Treasurer. 

This excellent financial condition we attribute largely to the able man- 
agement of our Superintendent, Dr. L. V. Guthrie. 

While we are very much gratified at the financial condition as stated 
above, we regret to report that while the contract for the construction of the 
two new buildings authorized was made for the sum of $79,687.0 that after 
the construction reached to about the second floor there was discovered a 
misinterpretation of the plans and specifications, and construction was held 
up until a meeting of the building committee, the architect and contractors 
could be held and the conference resulted in a decision that it was impera- 
tive to add fifteen inches in height to each of the first and second floors 
and six inches to the third at an additional cost of $4,200.00 which we hope 
will be kindly approved and allowed by the next legislature in addition to 
the $70,000.00 authorized by the last legislature. 

• The present name of this Institution is very objectionable for many rea- 
sons and causes much confusion and misunderstanding as regards the class 
of patients that are eligible to admission. Owing to these conditions, which 
are a constant source of trouble, we recommend that the name of the In- 
stitution be changed. 

Since the opening of the new building our Superintendent, with the em- 
ployes and able-bodied patients have made many and much needed im- 
provements with little or no cost to the State. 



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Roads, walks, buildings and retaining walls have been constructed and 
the general clearing of the grounds has greatly improved their usefulness 
and appearance. The above statement leads us to state in addition that the 
present condition of the asylum and its patients show a very noticeable 
improvement under the Superintendent's watchful care. 

We desire to express our thanks to the officers and employes of the In- 
stitution for their kindness and courtesy to the patients in their care and 
the faithful service rendered. 

After a careful consideration of the future needs of this Institution, and 
a very conservative estimate of the cost of same, we recommend the appro- 
priation of tne following amounts for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1903: 
Current expense, $45,000.00; window guards, building No. 3, $900.00; ice 
plant building and machinery, $9,000.00; electric generator, $1,200.00; tun- 
nel and steam pipe, $o,500.00; furniture for building No. 3, $2,500.00; 
bakery, $500.00; boiler for heating new buildings, $1,200.00; buying addi- 
tional lands ; roads and walks, $3,000.00; wells and water sup- 
ply, $3,000.00; railroad switch, $2,500.00; fence fund, $1,000.00; painting 
and repairs, $500.00; new buildings, $100,000.00. 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1904: Current expense, $50,000.00; wire win- 
dow guards for building No. 1, $900.00; furniture for building No. 1, 
$2,500.00; roads and walks, $2,000.00; fence fund, $1,000.00; painting and 
repairs, $500.00; new buildings, $100,000.00. 

Respectfully submitted, 
% C. E. Rudesill, 

B. W. Foster, 
Jno. A. Jones, 
L. C. Queen, 
S. R. Holroyd. 



REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT-1901. 



Huntington, W. Va., October 1, 1901. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 

Gentlemen: — Herewith I respectfully submit for your consideration a 
report covering a period in the nistory of this Institution from June 4th, 
to Oct. 1st, 1901. 

MOVEMENT OF POPULATION. 

On June 5th, the total number of patients in the Institution was 55. 
Males 22, females 33. From June 4th, to Oct. 1st, total number of admis- 
sions was 107. Whole number under treatment was 162. Daily average 
110. Highest number under treatment at one time 149. Lowest number 
under treatment at one time 55. Discharged as recovered 1. Delivered to 
friends 4. Discharged on bond 3. Transferred to Spencer Hospital 1. Com- 
mited to Spencer Hospital 2. Died 2. Mortality rate on number treated 
1 1-4 per cent. Remaining in the asylum Sept. 30th, 1901, 149. 

In closing the fiscal year on Sept. 30th, 1901, it becomes apparent that 
the statistics for the year are very incomplete, but as I am only responsi- 
ble for that portion of the year from the time of my appointment as Super- 
intendent on June 5th, I will make no apologies nor uo I make any crit- 
icisms. 

On July 17th, I admitted from the Second Hospital for the Insane forty- 
two patients, and at a later date admitted three additional cases, which re- 
lieved the crowded condition of that institution and by creating these 
vacancies at the Spencer Asylum relieved the congested condition of the 
various county jails in the southern part of the State, and I am glad to re- 
port that these patients are all much improved in their general condition 
since they have been removed from their insane associates, by this mod- 
ern and humane classification we are able to give them a proper diet and 
treatment suitable for such patients, which is of great importance in the 
satisfactory treatment of epilepsy. Recently we admited fifty patients 
(twenty-five male ana twenty-five female) from the Weston Asylum for 
the Insane, which will provide room at Weston for that number of insane. 

Respectfully submitted, 

L. V. Guthrie. 
Superintendent. 



REPORT OE SUPERI]SrTE]SrDEISrT~1902, 



Huntington, W. Va., October 1, 1902. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 

Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit for your consideration the following 
annual report of the operation and management of the Asylum beginning 
Oct. 1st, 1901, and ending Sept. 30th, 1902. 

MOVEMENT OF POPULATION. 

On October 1st, 1901, the total number of patients in the Institution was 
149. Males 88. Females 61. From Sept. 30th, 1901, to Oct. 1st, 1902, the 
total number of admissions was 39. Returned from bond 1. Whole num- 
ber under treatment 189. Highest number under treatment at one time 
155. Lowest number under treatment at one time 149. Discharged on 
bond 5. Discharged as recovered 1. Transferred to Second Hospital 4. 
Returned to county from whence they came 1. Delivered to friends and 
relatives 5. Sent to Deaf, Dumb and Blind School 1. Died 19. Remain- 
ing in Asylum Sept. 30th, 1902, 153. Mortality rate on number treated 
10.5 per cent. 

In reviewing the affairs of the Institution during our incumbency I be- 
lieve that we all have just cause to feel satisfied with the results. 

The Instituion has prospered and progressed in every department, and 
at no time have I been discouraged concerning its final wellfare. 

Some slight obstacles have been encountered, but have had no effect on 
the Institution, and to-day you will find that it is on a practical working 
basis and is being conducted on business principles, with proper considera- 
tion for the unfortunate patients, and at the same time witn just regard for 
the taxpayers of the State. 

During the year we have had no serious epidemic of disease among the 
patients and no serious accident excepting one case of an insane epileptic 
patient whose death resulted from a self-inflicted injury. 

For the past year we have made a systematic study of epilepsy in its 
various forms and have been gratified with the results of our treatment, 
which shows that these patients are fully 50 per cent, better in their gen- 
eral condition and the frequency and severity of their convulsions than 
they were when admitted. 

Many improvements have been made in the classification of patients, but 
in spite of every effort the classification, on account of the absence of the 
proper number of wards at our disposal, is still not satisfactory, but the 
time is near at hand when our two new buildings will be completed and 
we will soon be able to properly classify them. This will be a great relief 
to the patients and will also be fully appreciated by the employes and my- 
self. 

Religious services have been conducted regularly each Sunday and the 
principal holidays have been commemorate^ in some appropriate way. 

A great many of our patients who are in proper condition to appreciate 
and enjoy it attended Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' shows, and the children 



1902.] Asylum foe Incurables. 9* 

have on different occasions been treated to drives about the city of Hunt- 
ington and surrounding country. A magic lantern and viatoscope show 
was very much enjoyed by nearly all of the patients. A gramaphone is 
furnished for the patients in Building No. 4 and a large music box for the 
children in Building No. 1. 

One thing that has been sadly missed by the patients who were at Spen- 
cer and Weston is the weekly dance, and in tnis connection I would like 
to impress upon your Honorable Board the importance of an amusement 
hall where the dances, magic lantern shows and other forms of amuse- 
ments could be indulged in, and on Sundays this building could be used 
for religious services. In order to have patients in an Institution happy 
and contented it is necessary to have some form of amusement for them. 
This acts as a healthful diversion and gives them something to look for- 
ward to from one week to the other. 

During the summer months the patients have spent a greater portion 
of each day, when the weather would permit, in the open air under the 
beautiful shade trees immediately surrounding the Asylum buildings. 

The educational feature of the Institution has been continued, but the 
children have outgrown the kindergarten stage of existence and are now 
receiving instructions in reading, arithmetic, history, geography, writing, 
spelling and music. 

Many of the county courts in committing patients to this Institution 
furnish very little information concerning the patient, which accounts, 
to some extent, for the incomplete statistical information concerning admis- 
sions. Usually the commitment papers simply state that "After exam- 
ining the patient and upon the evidence of the physician we find the pa- 
tient to be an incurable and therefore order the patient admitted to the 
Asylum for Incurables at Huntington." The exact nature of the patient's 
disability, his age, family history, habits, cause and description of disease; 
etc., are seldom if ever given. More than a year ago I arranged blank 
forms of application for the examining physician's statement which, 
when properly filled out will furnish much valuable information for fu- 
ture reference, and have therefore insisted that so far as practicable all of 
the questions therein contained shall be answered before the application 
shall be considered complete. 

It has always seemed to me that the name of this Institution is unfor- 
tunate and my objections are not prompted by sentiment. Alienists and 
physicians who are associated constantly with God's unfortunates are be- 
ginning to realize that it is not necessary to brand the patients with the 
name of the Institution as would be expressed in such titles as "Home 
for Incurables," Cancerous Hospitals," "Consumptive Hospitals," etc., and 
I know of only one name which would have a more depressing effect on 
the patients than the above referred to and that is, as recently established 
in England, "The Hospital for the Dying." 

I cannot see the necessity or the advisability of continuously reminding 
the patient of the stigma of the malady with which he is suffering. Why 
not select a name for the Institution which will not constantly remind the 
patients of their blasted lives or their undeveloped faculties? 

The name of the institution — The "Asylum for Incurables" — is partieu- 



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larly depressing from a medical, humane and psychological standpoint, 
and the patient deprived of hope is at once in a favorable condition for 
moral, physical and mental degeneration. In quoting a very high authority 
•on such subjects, Wm, P. Letchworth, L. L. D., ex-principal of the New 
York Board of Charities, etc., speaking of this institution he says, "Con- 
cerning the aim and purpose of this praiseworthy enterprise the name 
chosen for the Institution is singularly inappropriate. To commit de- 
formed and crippled children or epileptics, many of whom are improvable 
if not curable, to a place naving so disheartening a designation as the 
Asylum for Incurables' would be a sad mistake." Surely the objects and 
aims of an institution with such a name, is by no means furthered by the 
objectionable name. 

The practicing physician recognizes the importance of the element of 
suggestion in bettering the physical process through the mental, and the 
laity fully understand how a patient deprived of hope will quickly wane 
and die. 

"Hope, dead, lives nevermore, 
No, not in Heaven." 

As I am not partial to any particular name as long as it does not imply 
lifelong residence for the patient in the Institution, with death as his only 
relief, I will not, at this time, make any suggestion of a more suitable 
name. 

VISITATIONS. 

On the first day of September Governor A. B. White with Col. J. L. Cald- 
well visited the Institution and spent considerable time inspecting the 
buildings and grounds. The Governor made many inquiries concerning the 
details in the new buildings and the management of the Institution, and 
made a very careful ispection of the Institution. 

During the present fiscal year the Institution has also been honored by 
an official visit from the members of the State Board of Health and the 
Chamber of Commerce of the city of Huntington. 

Ex-Governor G. W. Atkinson, U. S. District Judge Keller and other 
prominent officials of the State have visited the Institution. 

Every facility has been afforded interested visitors to enable them to 
thoroughly understand all of the details of the Institution and I here wish 
to express my thanks for the encouragement and advice "* these gentlemen 
have given me in my efforts to manage the Institution successfully. 

IMPROVEMENTS. 

Owing to the arrangements of Building No. 4 it became necessary, before 
we could admit and properly care for the patients from the two- insane 
asylums, that we should provide additional room and conveniences for 
them, and on June 5th, 1901, I was instructed by the Board of Directors to 
make such changes as would relieve the situation. 

The basement of Building No. 4 had never been finished and by follow- 
ing the instructions of the Board in plastering and wainscoating the bare 
walls we completed two large dinning-rooms for patients, one kitchen, one 
storeroom, one dining-room for laundry employes, etc., and also a separate 
dining-room for the attendants and it now presents a very neat appear- 
ance. 



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Our general kitchen, which is not ideal,- has been considerably im- 
proved in equipage by purchasing a new steel range and a steam jacketed 
kettle and steamer. These improvements make this department much 
more efficient and presentable. . 

Formerly the prescriptions of the visiting physician to the Institution 
had been compounded at the Huntington drug stores. This arrangement was 
found inconvenient and expensive, therefore we have fitted up a laboratory 
for this purpose which has many advantages over the former method. 

The stable, which was not of sufficient size to accommodate the horses, 
cows and vehicles, and was located on one of our best building sites, has 
been moved, _y the direction of the Board, to a location which would not 
be so desirable for building purposes and by extending the rear end of the 
building out over the side of the hill and by excavating has added a base- 
ment ftory which is sufficiently large to meet our requirements and the 
site where the stable formerly stood is now occupied by a handsome three- 
story brick hospital building. 

Until recently the Asylum grounds were very unattractive on account of 
the underbrush, fallen trees, tin cans and rubbish, but during the summer 
several acres of ground have been cleared and more than six hundred yards 
of roadway have been constructed from Twenty-third street to the power 
house, and a splendid graded road has been constructed from the power 
house to the top of the hill. This work furnished useful exercise and diver- 
sion for many of the strong male patients. 

A few months ago B. W. Foster, J. A. Jones and myself requested the city 
council to open up and improve Twenty-third street in order that we would 
"have a more direct connection with the city and enable us to supply the 
power rouse with coal during the winter months when the road would be 
bad. The council complies with our request and the street commissioner 
is at work completing the street." 

The porch roof of Building i\o. 1 was so dilapidated as to necessitate 
an entire new roof in order to protect the ceiling and floor. The walls have 
been painted and papered in a greater portion of this building and linoleum 
laid in the children's playroom and hall ways. 

A room in the basement of this building, which is airy and well venti- 
lated has been thoroughly cleaned and. disinfected and the walls neatly 
painted and is used during the summer months for a playroom for some of 
our male children. 

In the winter time these children occupy a room on the main floor in the 
day time and sleep on the second floor at nights. 

Neat but substantial window guards have been provided for a great many 
of the windows in both buildings, thereby assuring safety to the children 
and especially to the epileptics. 

An entire new system of book-keeping has been adopted, which closely 
conforms with the other eleemosynary institutions of the State. 

Supplies, clothing, etc., are now issued from our storeroom upon requi- 
sition properly signed by the employe in charge of the particular depart- 
ment reeding such articles and upon the written approval of the Super- 
intendent the articles are furnished and a copy made of the requisition, 
and by this modern method we are also enabled to ascertain each day 
the value of groceries, etc., which are drawn from the storeroom. All sup- 



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plies bought for the Institution during the present fiscal year are paid for,, 
and we have no debts or deficits in any fund. 

A complete and careful inventory of the wards and storerooms has been 
made and is on file. 

The power house and electric light plant building which was nearly com- 
pleted last fall, was not placed in operation until about the first of April,, 
owing to delays in receiving machinery and the disadvantage of construc- 
tion during the winter weather, but for the past six months the plant has 
been in continuous operation and I am more than gratified with the re- 
sults. As directed by your Honorable Board I purchased a first class 
multipolar generator with switchboard and other necessary accessories of 
sufficient capacity to light the Institution. A steam boiler of 125 horse 
power capacity was also purchased. These purchases were made by com- 
petitive bids, as were also those for the laundry machinery. 

The size of this building is 42x50 ft. with high ceiling, which is neatly 
finished. The building is of brick, trimmed with stone and provided with 
tile roof and cement floor. The smoke-stack is 80 ft. high and is ample 
for a battery of boilers of 325 horse power capacity. 

Before Building No. 1 was connected with the electric light plant it be- 
came necessary to remove a great many obsolete electric light sockets in 
order to have the buildings fitted with the same system and thereby save 
much annoyance in replacing lights from time to time. The other build- 
ings as they are completed should he fitted up with the Edison sockets, 
which will secure good service and uniformity in the building, in this par- 
ticular, and will obviate the necessity of purchasing different varieties of 
lights for the different buildings. The dynamo and engine are giving per- 
fect satisfaction and the boiler, which is of extra heavy plate, furnishes 
steam with the greatest economy of fuel for the electric light plant, laun- 
dry and pumps and is much safer to the hospital buildings than the former 
arrangement of having a boiler under Building No. 4. 

The power house and laundry buildings are practically fire proof and. 
are constructed in such a manner and of such material that they will last 
for several generations and still be practically as good as new and will 
require only inexpensive repairs. 

The laundry for this Institution was formerly in the basement of Build- 
ing No. 1, all of the work being done by hand. The new steam laundry 
which had been placed in the basement of Building No. 4, by our prede- 
cessors had never been used by them but when we admitted the patients 
from the two insane asylums it became necessary to use the steam laundry 
and it was found that while the machinery was first class, but owing to the 
location of same it was very unsatisfactory, as there was a constant vibra- 
tion of that portion of the building immediately over the laundry while it 
was in operation, and also a disagreeable odor which permeated the en- 
tire building when badly soiled clothes were being washed, and this space 
in the basement being needed for other purposes it was deemed necessary 
to construct a building of suitable size and arrangements to be used ex- 
clusively for laundry purposes. Upon the order of your Board this build- 
ing was constructed, which is 40 ft. wide by 60 ft. long with a high ceiling 
and of similar construction to the power house building. 



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During the early part of last May the steam laundry was moved from 
the basement to the new building wnere it has been in most perfect opera- 
tion. We were compelled to purchase a few additional pieces of machinery 
but the laundry is to-day one of the most complete in the State. A new 
combined sterilizer and wasner was purchased and 1 have also added 
to the laundry equipment,by the authority or the Board, a shirt, collar and 
cuff ironer, and a centrifugal extractor with attached counter shaft. 

The dismantling of the old laundry, pipe lines, machinery, etc., as orig- 
inally placed and the removing and setting up and placing in operation of 
the old machinery and the additional new pieces has all been done with- 
out any expense to tho State. Not a single dollar was spent for this pur- 
pose. All the work being superintended by myself and the assistant phy- 
sician with the assistance of the regular employes of the Institution. 

The Huntington City Water Works Co. have laid an 8 inch water main 
to within a few feet of the power house which supplies us with an abun- 
dance of water. Before this was done our supply of water was received 
through a 2 inch pipe which had been in use something like fifteen years 
and was partly closed wiuj. rust and incrustations, and on many occasions 
we were greatly inconvenienced by the scarcity of water. At one time we 
were five days without any water for the Institution except what was car- 
ried from a small spring in the neighborhood and at no time was the water 
supply sufficient to run the laundry and have water on any of the main 
floors of the building at the same time. 

A steel tower 87 ft. high was purchased on which was placed a 50,000 
gallon cypress tank and by pumping water from this , small water pipe 
Into our tank the situation was much relieved. The old building, No. 1, 
and building No. 4 were connected with this tank with a 4 inch water 
main, and building No. 3 now under course of construction is also con- 
nected with our water works system with the same size pipe. 

We have laid 1,000 ft. of 4, 4 1-2 and 6 inch pipe, 300 ft. of 3 inch pipe,' 
and 1,000 ft. of 2 inch and smaller pipe since last fall. The excavating and 
laying of this pipe was done without expense to the State. 

Fire plug hydrants have been placed on the east and west sides of Build- 
ing No. 4 and connected with the tank with 4 inch pipe. In laying the pipe 
lines I have been very careful to place tees and plugs in reference to con- 
necting up future buildings with this system of water works which will 
save the trouble and expense of tapping water pipes at some future time. 

At our present rate of water rent the State will be justified, in my opin- 
ion, in putting down one or more wells to furnish the Institution with 
water. Our system of water works is complete with one exception and 
that is a source of supply. We have a receiving basin of 15,000 gallons 
capacity, which is located at the power house and has very recently been 
completed. We have the proper size pumps and water mains and with the 
50,000 gallon tank to act as a reservoir and furnish a good pressure we 
would be in slendid condition if we had a source of supply which would 
be unfailing. At our present rate for water it will cost us fully $500.00 
this year and in another year our consumption will probably be more than 
twice as large as it is at present. 

A considerable amount of dilapidated rail fencing has been removed 
from certain parts of the grounds and other portions of the fence have 



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been straightened s.nd repaired. As directed by your Board I have pur- 
chased and set in place an iron fence along the State's line fronting the 
cemetery road. 

The offices and halls in Building No. 4 have been neatly papered, which 
adds greatly to their attractiveness. 

A retaining wall has been constructed at the foot of the hill by the 
power house and laundry building which is 150 ft. long and 9 ft. high. 
This wall is constructed of stone and gives a very neat and substantial 
appearance. A greater portion of the labor in constructing this wall was 
performed by the regular employes and patients. 

The sewer pipes from Building No. 4 have been leaking for some time 
and it became necessary to take them up and cement the joints, which we 
found had not been properly cemented when put down. 

A board walk and steps have been constructed from Building No. 4 to 
the bottom of the hill at the laundry, and a brick pavement has been laid 
in the driveway of Building No. 4, and around about the laundry and 
power house and electric light buildings. A cement walk has been con- 
structed from the front entrance of Building No. 4 to the ward entrance. 

The timber which stood where the two new buildings are being con- 
structed was solu to the highest bidder and the money placed to the credit 
of the Odas ana Ends Fund, as directed by your Board. 

We had under cultivation during the summer all suitable and available 
land which the State owns and by so doing we have furnished the Institu- 
tion with a considerable amount of fresh /vegetables but the Institution is 
sadly in need of a farm with pasture lands for a herd of cows. 

When the present officers assumed charge, this Institution owned five 
cows and after carefully estimating the amount of milk furnished from 
month to month and the amount of feed that was bought for them I found 
that the feed bill was $15.00 a month more than the milk amounted to and 
taking this fact into consideration with the amouht of annoyance the 
cows afforded, I thought best to part with them, which was done, for 
$150.00 which amount was placed to the credit of the Odds and Ends Fund. 
The children, sick patients and others who are in need of milk are sup- 
plied at present from a local dairy and it is more satisfactory than the 
former arrangement. 

A private telephone connecting Building No. 4 with Building No. 1 and 
the electric light plant has been placed in operation. 

A considerable amount of sodding has been done around Building No. 4 
and a large fountain has been built with a water jet which keeps a ball 
suspended in the air and affords much amusement to the patients. 

NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTION. 
Among our patients there are nearly one hundred adjudged lunatics, 
some of them insane at all times and others who are insane periodically. 
This class of patients demand different care and management from the pa- 
tients in the incurable and idiotic departments. Therefore I would recom- 
mend the establishment of an insane department which should be separate 
and distinct from the other departments of the Institution, and be controled 
by the same statutes that are applied to the two Sate Hospials for the 
insane. This is perfectly feasible, as our buildings are being constructed 



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on the cottage plan and will enable us to properly separate and classify 
the patients according to their physical and mental condition, etc. 

One of the most important things this asylum needs is an ice plant and 
cold storage, without which we have been compelled to purchase meats and 
other perishable supplies in small quantities at high prices, and our pres- 
ent ice bills are quite high, considering what little benefit the ice affords 
for cold storage purposes. It will be false economy for the State to post- 
pone this matter until some future time, as the plant will, if installed, pay 
for itself within a very few years, as we would then be enabled to buy 
beef and other perishable goods in large quantities at much closer prices 
than at present. 

To purchase machinery and equipment for an ice plant it will require 
an outlay of $5,000.00 and $4,000.00 additional for a suitable building. 

A tunnel at least 4 1-2 ft. high and 4 ft. wide, inside measurement, should 
be constructed from the power house to the various buildings for the pur- 
pose of connecting these buildings to the power house with steam pipes. 

This distance to be tunneled is 900 ft. and to construct a tunnel of brick 
will cost approximately $2,000.00. 

It will also require about 1,500 ft. of steam pipe to make the various con- 
nections with the buildings, which will, when properly insulated with pipe 
covering, require an outlay of $1,500.00. 

For the satisfactory and economical management of this Institution it is 
very important that the State should purchase some additional land ad- 
joining the present grounds belonging to the Institution. Even a few acres 
of good fertile land which could be used for a truck garden would prove 
a great source of satisfaction and economy to the Institution, and a herd 
of good cows and fertile pasture is one of the demands of all institutions 
of this kind. A piggery would also be a paying investment for the State, 
providing we had sufficient grounds on which to locate same without hav- 
ing it in too close proximity to the buildings. 

I would recommend that your Honorable Board would appoint a com- 
mittee to meet with the Chamber of Commerce and ask them for some as- 
sistance in this matter. The city of Huntington is justly interested in the 
growth of the Institution, and I do not see how it can grow to any great 
extent without acquiring additional lands. This committee, if appointed, 
should also confer with the Central Land Co., and with any other corpora- 
tion or individual who owns available and suitable land in order that a 
special report of this subject can be made to the next legislature while it 
is in session. 

The city of Huntington is the gateway to the southern and middle part 
of the State, and possesses many advantages for a large and growing State 
hospital. Huntington has an ample supply of water and natural gas and 
is accessable to all of the southern half of the State by the N. & W., C. & O., 
Guyan River and the Ohio iuver division of the B. & O. railroads, which 
places Huntington near the coal fields and gives cheap fuel and cheap trans- 
portation to and from patients' homes. 

MORGUE. 
Up until the present time when one of our patients dies we have not had 
a room in the Institution which could be used as a morgue and we have 



16 Biennial Report of the [W. Va. 

therefore been compelled to send the deceased to an undertaking estab- 
lishment to await instructions from relatives as to what disposition would 
he made of remains. As soon as building No. 3 is completed, with your 
permission, I will fit up a room in the basement for this purpose. 

WINDOW GUARDS. 

There should be an appropriation for wire window guards for the two 
new buildings in order to protect the glass from distructive patients and 
also prevent patients from falling out the windows and otherwise injuring 
themselves. There are approximately 8,152 square feet of window space in 
these two buildings, which will require an appropriation for this purpose 
of $1,800.00. 

SEWERS. 

An appropriation of $200.00 should be made for sewers to connect the 
new buildings with the city sewerage system. 

DYNAMO. 
An electric dynamo should be purchased for the Institution, which would 
enable us, in case of a break down to our dynamo, to light the buildings 
without inconvenience or loss of time. It is very important in institu- 
tions where insane patients and incorrigible idiots are housed to have a 
duplex system of lighting to prevent serious accident, and an additional 
dynamo will be necessary to properly light the grounds and buildings after 
one more building is constructed. It will require $1,200.00 to purchase a 
dynamo with accessories of the proper size and kind, and an additional 
steam boiler of 125 horse power capacity should also be purchased in order 
to furnish heat for the new buildings. 

FURNITURE FOR WARDS. 
An appropriation of $5,000.00 will be necessary to furnish the six new 
wards which will be contained in the new buildings, and as soon as either 
one of the new buildings are occupied by patients it will be economy for 
us to own a bakery, and an appropriation of $500.00 will be necessary 
to equip this department. 

PAVED ROADWAY. 
It is very important that this Institution should have a paved roadway 
connecting the various buildings in order to allow our patients to go out 
for recreation during the winter months and rainy season, and also to 
facilitate the conveyance of food and supplies from one building to the 
other. There should be an appropriation of $5,000.00 for this purpose. 

RAILROAD SWITCH. 
By our present method of purchasing fuel for the power house we are 
compelled to have it hauled in wagons, which adds about 1 1-2 cent to each 
bushel, therefore it would be economy as well as a great convenience for 
the State to construct a switch from the C. & O. Railroad to the power 
house. A careful estimate has been made of the cost of same and it has 
been found that $2,500.00 will be sufficient at the present price for material. 
This switch would also enable contractors for the future buildings to take 
the work for considerably less on each building, as they would be able to 
save quite an item in hauling brick and material from the railroad yards. 



1902.] Asylum foe Incurables. 17 

FENCE. 

It is important that a substantial fence should be placed around the 
asylum grounds, which would render the hospital grounds less public and 
would enable us to allow some of our insane patients greater liberties. The 
majority of our patients are more or less sensitive to the gaze and stare 
of the ordinary sightseeker who visits the grounds for the purpose of grat- 
ifying a morbid curiosity, and owing to the location of our grounds they 
are used as a public thoroughfare, which, in my opinion, should not be. 
Do not misunderstand me as being opposed to the public visiting an insti- 
tution of this kind, but at the same time sensitive patients should be pro- 
vided with recreation grounds where they could have a little privacy and 
seclusion. 

WATER. 

I have already referred to the water supply, and an appropriation of 
$3,000.00 should be made for this purpose. 

CURRENT EXPENSE. 

At the present price for food and supplies for the Institution it will re- 
quire an appropriation of $50,000.00 to properly conduct the Institution 
with 150 additional patients. But as we do not expect to admit these 150 
additional patients until the fiscal year is half expended it will require, on 
a close estimate, an appropriation of $45,000.00. for the fiscal year ending 
Sept. 30th, 1903. 

At present we have approximately 500 applications on file for the ad- 
mission of patients to this Institution, including the' number that were 
on file on June 4m, 1901. Many of these cases are very deserving and 
there are in the two insane asylums, as I am informed by the superintend- 
ents of said institutions, 100 epileptics and idiots who should be transferred 
to this Institution, therefore it is very apparent that additional buildings 
must be constructed at once in order to care for these people and provide 
room for the future. Therefore I would recommend that an appropriation 
of $100,000.00 for each of the two following fiscal years be made. 

As there are a few of the above appropriations which will not be needed 
until the end of the present fiscal year, or until the early part of the 
next fiscal year, I would recommend that the appropriation be made in 
accordance with the following arrangements: 

Appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. oOtli, 1903. 

Current expense .- 

Window guards for building No. 3 > 

Ice plant, building and machinery 

Electric generator, etc 

Boiler for beating new buildings 

Tunnel and steam pipes 

Furniture for building No. 3 : 

Bakery 

For buying additional land 

Roads and walks 

AYells and water supply 

Railroad switch 

Fence fund 

Tainting and repairs 

New buildings 



$ 4,"). 000 


00 


000 


00 


0.01)0 


00 


1.200 


00 


1.200 


00 


3,500 


00 


2,500 


00 


7^00 


00 


3,000 


00 


■Aa^OO 


00 


2,500 


00 


1.000 


00 




00 


1 00.000 


00 



18 Biennial Repoet of the [W.>Va. 

Appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30th; 1904. 

Current expense $ 50,000 00 

Wire window guards for Building No. 1 900 00 

Furniture for Building No. 1 2,500 00 

Roads and walks ■ 2,000 00 

Fence fund 1,000 00 

Painting and repairs 500 00 

New buildings - 100,000 00 

Before closing my report, I wish to express my sincere thanks to, and 
my high appreciation for, our corps of employes, who have been faithful 
and honest in their many and arduous duties in assisting in the reorganiz- 
ing of the Institution. 

Dr. Wilson, the Assistant Physician, has devoted practically his entire 
time to the Institution and its welfare, and under the guidance of his 
estimable wife the children, who have had sufficient intelligence, have 
improved greatly in their deportment. 

'Following will be found the financial statement and statistical tables 
and also a report of the laundry and sewing room as a part of my report. 

Fully realizing the arduous duties that lie before me and earnestly re- 
questing the continuation of your loyal support, which has been shown 
during our short official acquaintance, and with great confidence in the 
future welfare of the Institution, this report is, 
Respectfully submitted, 

L. V. Guthrie, Supt. 



1902.] 



Asylum for Incurables. 



19 



MOVEMENT OF POPULATION. 





From June 4, 1901 to Oct. 
1, 1902. 


From Oct. 1, 1901 to Oct. 
1, 1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 




22 

39 

25 
6 
1 


33 

6 

25 
4 
1 


55 • 

45 

50 
10 
2 


88 


61 


149 


No. admitted from Second Hos- 




No. admitted from W. Va. Hos 








No. admitted from other sources. 


20 
1 


19 


39 
1 








"Whole No. under treatment 


93 


69 


162 


109 


80 


189 




1 
2 
1 




1 
3 

1 




1 
1 
4 
1 
1 
4 
13 


1 


Discharged on bond 

Transferred to 2nd. Hospital 


1 


4 


5 
4 






1 


Sent to Deaf snd Blind School 






1 


Delivered to friends 


1 


3 
2 
2 


4 

2 . 
2 


1 
6 


5 


Died 


19 


















Total ■. 


5 


8 


13 


11 


25 


36 






Remaining in Asylum 

Highest No. treated at one time... 
Lowest No. treated at one time.... 


88 
88 
24 
67 


61 
61 
31 


149 
149 
55 


98 
98 
88 
96 


55 
57 
61 


153 
155 
149 




43 




56 




Average for Both 




no 

l^p.c. 




152 












10.5p c 



TABLE NO. 2.— Showing Number Admitted During the Year. 





June 4, to Oct. 1 


, 1901. 


1901—1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Under 1 year of age 


1 

12 
19 
22 
10 
4 
2 


1 

5 
12 
13 
2 
1 
1 


2 
17 
31 
35 
12 
5 
3 


4 
7 
4 
2 
2 


5 

5 

6 

... „... 


9 


Between 10 and 20 years of age... 
Between 20 and 30 years of age... 
Between 30 and 40 years of age... 
Between 40 and 50 years of age... 
Between 50 and 60 years of age... 
Between 60 and 70 years of age... 


32 

10 

2 

4 


1 


... „... 


1 
1 














Total 


70 


35 


105 


20 


19 


39 







TABLE NO. 3.— Showing the Civil Condition of those Admitted During the Year. 





Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Single 


36 
8" 

1 
25 


8 

1 

1 

25 


44 

9 
2 
50 


17 
3 


18 










1 


1 
















Total 


70 


35 


105 


20 


19 


39 







TABLE NO. 4.— Showing the Nativity of those Admitted During the Year. 





June 4, to Oct. 1 


, 1901. 


1901—1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


West Virginia 


43 


9 


52 


19 

1 


17 
1 
1 


36 


Ohio 




Virginia 








1 




27 


26 


53 














Total 


70 


35 


105 


20 


29 


39 



20 



Biennial Report of the 



[W. Va. 



TABLE NO. 5.— Showing Number Admitted During the Year by Countia 





June 4 to Oct. 1 


, 1901. . 


1901-1902. 




Males 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Brooke 


1 
1 
1 
3 
5 
1 
1 


1 


1 

1 
1 
3 
9 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
4 
6 
10 
2 
1 
2 
1 
6 
4 


1 






Boone 










2 


1 

I 


3 




Cabell 


4 


4 


6 


Calhoun 




Favette 


2 
1 

'""i"' 

l 
















Greenbrier 


1 
1 


















1 


2 


'a" 


Hancock 


1 
4 
3 
7 
2 
1 
1 
1 
5 
3 






1 


I 


Jefferson 


3 
3 

'""i" 








1- 
3 


1 


9 






Marion ....." 










2 


2 










i 

i 




1 


1 












1 


1 




2 
3 
2 

1 
1 




2 
8 
3 
1 

1 


1 


1 


Ohio ; 


5 

1 


3 
'" 1 
l'" 


3 


Preston 




Putnam 


1 


Pleasants 








1 




2 

1 

........ 

1 
3 
1 


i" 


2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
3 
2 
2 














Ritchie 




Raleigh 




"l" 


i * 


Tyler 






Tucker 


i 

2 








Taylor 








1 
1 
1 

1 




i 






1 

1 


1 
2 
3 
2 
I 
5 


1 


i 


Wayne 




2 


Wood 


2 


2 


Wetzel 


2 
1 
3 






1 


Wirt 




1 


1 ' 




o 
















Total 


70 35 


105 


20 


19 


39 











TABLE NO. 6 —Shoicing Occupation of those Admitted During the Year. 





June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902. 


1901-1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Ma^s. 


Females. 


Total. 




18 




18 


2 
1 




2 






'""i" 


1 










2 




1 
1 


i" 


1 

1 - 

1 

1 

1 
19 
63 




















1 










1 
3 

30 










16 
33 


17 


17 


34 














Total 


60 




105 


20 


19 


39 











1902.] 



Asylum for Incurables. 



21 



TABLE NO. 7 —Showing Form of Disorder of Those Admitted During the Year. 



Imbecility 

Idiocy 

Epileptic Idiocy 

Epileptic Imbecile 

Epilepsy 

Deformity of feet 

Dislocation of hip 

Paralysis and loss of leg 

Chronic ulcer of leg 

Blindness and Dementia ..-. 

Spinal disease 

Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Deaf, Dumb and Blind 

Ununited fracture of thigh. 

Neuresthenia 

Infantile paralysis 

Parapheral 

Deformity of hands 

Loss of legs 

Tabies Dorselis 

Perepheral Neuritis 



Total. 



June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902. June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902 



ales. Females. Total 



57 



105 



Males. Females. Total 



20 



19 



39 



TABLE NO. 8.— Showing Disorder of those Discharged as Recovered. 





June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902. 


June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 












1 


1 




1 




1 
















Total 


1 




1 




1 


1 



TABLE NO. 9.— Showing Alleged Cause of Disease of Those Admitted During the Year. 





June 4, 1901. to Oct 


. 1, 1902. 


June 4, 1901, to Oct 


. 1, 1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 










2 
1 

1 
1 
1 




2 










1 










1 


G unshot wound 










1 












] 










1 
1 
6 


1 












1 


Congential 


1 




1 

1 

1 

102 


4 


10 




1 




Feet Frozen 


1 
68 










34 


10 


11 


21 






Total 


7CT 


35 


105 


20 


19 


39 



TABLE NO. 10.— Showing Hereditary Influence in Causing Disorder of Those Admitted During 

the Year. 





June 4, to Oct. 1, 1901. 


June 4, 1901, to Oct 


1, 1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Hereditary taint denied 








6 


9 
2 

1 
•> 


15 


Mother Insane 










Grandfather or Grandmother 
Insane ... 








1 
8 


o 


Aunts, Uncles or cousins Insane . 








- 


Unknown 








13 












Total 








20 


19 


89 



Bik&mal Rz?02i :r ihz 






r^ju :" 





Males, -t enales. Iota". Male- 


Females.? Total. 








; 


- 




: 


^.::r^ :: :: 1-: Tears 


; 


: 


_: 11 . : ." yean 


...//..:;. :::: 





Vin.~i 







4 j 5 


TotaL 







- 


:- ;; 



TABLE :• 7. L_ — 5 owing the Ages of Thorn who Died During Ihe Fear. 



liii-r i :: 0::. 1 :.-::. 



Halei Females Fate] 



7^11?.:- 



Beti 
Beti 

Fe:- 
Beti 
Beti 
Beti 
Beti 
Beti 






: 



T ABLE J II - 


-57; .. : .: _-.;/; ; - M :. 


: - _ .;: ". :. ::." :.•• -.-:.-: ■::', 






. "in; - 7 : 1 : '.. 


i. -.?::. 


:.-•::-:.- ._ 






Males 77-mles 


77 : :al. Male*. 


Females 


ToiaL 


I ::"-:. i ani -i~. Tears '-- '- - 


.....:;;;.::::::. 


1 :;::::::• 


. 


■ 








7; = 






1 


- 










zvu 


ZLZ.vo!l-i.-S--.-. ; 


7::-;/ 77-::. 





















Males _ enales 


I;:al. 


MaleS. 


r e— s7.es. 


I,:a7 


Ijz'-::i :e~e: 

Sej ticemia- 






- 


I 

: 


- 














■ 






:'" 


- 




Ririr.v.:: 


1 


1 
- 


Statue e::le:::::a 






i 















Total 







r 


-t 





TABLE SO. lb.— Showing For* 





Miles. Females Total. 


Males. Feraales 


rotai 


Epilepsy 

I— :e:Ll;T7 

- - - - - 




: 


a 

_ 
- 


j 


TJ _ ..;-'---' ; 


\ 


i 


" - c ; - - -. - *- " i - ; 


- 


?/- e — a:~ii -r:'Te: : s 


- 


i 


Rheumatism and heart disease-.. 










7 ■-:.-_ 




. 







1902.] 



Asylum for Incurables. 



23 



TABLE NO. l&.—Shoiving Period of Residence in Asylum of Those Who Died During Year. 





June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1901. 


June 4, 1901, to Oct 


1, 1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 












1 
1 
3 
3 
2 
3 


1 












1 










1 
3 
1 
1 


4 










6 






1 
1 


1 

1 


3 






4 









Total 


2 


2 


6 


13 


19 











TABLE NO. 17. — Showing Number of Patients Clothed by State and Number Clothed by Relatives. 





June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1901. 


1901—1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 




64 
6 


32 
3 


96 

9 

105 


94 
4 


54 

1 


148 




5 






Totals 


70 


35 


98 


55 


153 

















TABLE NO. 18.— Showing Admissions Since June 4, 1901. 





JVIales. 


Females 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 

36 
19 


Total. 


1901 








71 
20 


107 


1902 








39 












Total 








' 91 


55 


146 











TABLE NO. 19.— Showing Discharge From June 4th, 1901. 





Recovered 


Improved. 


Unimpr'ved 


Died. 




M. 


F. 


T. 


M. 

1 
3 

4 


F. 

1 
3 

■1 


T. 

2 
6 

8 


M. 

3 
2 

5 


F. 

5 

8 

13 


T. 

8 
10 

18 


M. 

....„ 

6 


F. 

2 


T. 


1901 


1 
1 


""l 

I 


1 
1 

? 


9 


1902 

Total 


13. 19 
15 21 





























TABLE NO. 20.— Showing Movement of Population Since June 4, 1901. 





June 4, to Oct. 1, 1901. 


1901—1902. 




Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


No. in Asylum 


22 

70 

93 

1 

2 

i 


33 

35 

69 

........ 


55 

105 

162 

1 

3 

1 


88 

20 

109 

........ 


61 
19 
80 

1 
1 
4 
1 
4 
1 
13 


149 


No. admitted during year 

Total No. under treatment 


39 
189 




1 








4 








1 ' 




i 


3 


4 


1 






1 


Died 




o 

2 
61 
48 


2 

o 

119 

110 

10.5 p. c. 


6 


19 


Committed to 2nd Hospital 

Remaining end of year : 


88" 

(*>7 




98 
96 


56 


153 


Daily average in hospital 


152 


Mortality rate on No. treated 


1\ p.c. 



24 



BlENiTEAI Repoet of the 



[W. Va. 



TABLE SO. 21.— Showing Relation to Pauper, Criminal and Inebriate Class of Those Admitted 

During Year. 





June 4. to Oct. 1 


,1901. 




901—1902. 






Males. 


Females. 


Total. 


Males. 


Females. 


Total. 










9 
5 
2 

4 


10 
1 


19 










Criminal , 








2 




8 


12 














20 


19 


39 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT 



WEST VIRGINIA ASYLUM FOR INCURABLES, 



FROM JUNE 4, 1901, TO OCT. 1, 191)2, 

To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for 
Incurables: 
Gentlemen: — I herewith submit for your consideration the following 

financial statistics of the Asylum from June 4, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902: 

General Statement. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. June $ 804 25 $ 9.343 74 

July ' 2,736 01 5,675 00 

Aug 4,063 66 2,473 00 

Sept 4,923 98 3,896 85 

Oct. 1,854 37 20 00 

Nov. 4,792 45 11,737 14 

Dec 7,229 44 4,800 00 

1902. Jan " 3.822 56 3,600 00 

Feb , 6,818 20 3,674 00 

Mar 6,475 40 3,516 00 

Apr - 2,886 02 3,541 59 

May , 3,026 68 3,800 00 

June . 2,759 59 2,973 00 

July 2,97186 2,936 49 

Aug 2,614 54 2.925 00 

Sept 4,285 45 3,000 00 

Oct. 1st. Balance on hands 5,847 35 



$ 67.911 81 



$67,911 81 



Current Expense Fund. 



Disbursements. 

1901. June $ 804 25 

July ' 1,826 98 

Aug 2.415 38 

Sept 4,006 78 ' 

Oct 1.811 54 

Nov * ' . . . . 2,899 54 

Dec 4.735 92 

1902. Jan. 3.050 07 

Feb 3.192 96 

Mar 5,594 41 

April 2.440 66 

May 3,026 68 

June 2,759 59 

July 2.941 86 

Aug , 2.540 54 

Sept 3. Otto 75 

Oct. 1, Balance on hands 4.490 41 



Receipt 


;s. 


$ 4.114 


32 


4.000 


00 


2,000 


00 


2.333 


00 


7,000 


00 


3,500 


00 


3,500 


00 


3,500 


00 


3,500 


00 


3. .loo 


00 


3,800 


0i> 


2,925 


00 


2,925 


00 


2.025 


00 


2.025 


00 



$ 52.447 32 



.1 I" 



26 Biezs-zstal Repoet of the [W. Va. 

Blinds Fund. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. June S 995 00 

July S 700 00 175 00 

Aug 295 00 

1902. Oct. 1, Balance on hands 175 00 

S 1.170 00 S 1.170 00 
Building Fund. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. Oct 8 9 63 

Dec 37 51 S 1.000 00 

1902. Jan 7 50 

Mar 500 00 

Apr 445 36 

Oct. 1, Balance on hands, nothing 

S 1,000 00 .? 1,000 00 

Electric Light and Laundry Building Fund. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. July .? 1,500 00 

Aug S 9 50 

Sept; 13 44 1.500 00 

Not 1,196 38 3.000 00 

Dec _. 409 45 

1902. Jan 751 64 

Feb 3,619 59 

Oct. 1, Balance on hands, nothing 

S 6,000 00 8 6,000 00 
Furniture for Building Xo. 4. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. June S 234 42 

July $ 99 03 

Aug 135 39 

1902. Oct, 1, Balance on hands, nothing 

S 234 42 8 234 42 
Furniture for Building Xo. 1. 

Disbursements. Receipts. 

1901. June 8 2.000 00 

Aug 8 542 01 

Sept 402-05 

Dec 45 90 

1902. Sept. 193 62 

Oct. 1, Balance on hands 816 42 

8 2,000 00 8 2.000 00 
Roads and Walks Fund. 

1901. Aug 8 95 00 

Sept 1 80 

Not 185 03 8 200 00 

Dec 200 00 

1902. Jan 100 00 

July '. . . 30 00 

Aug 74 00 

Sept ; 15 00 

Oct. 1, Balance on hands 99 17 

S 500 00 S 500 00 



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27 



Addition to Stable Fund. 

Disbursements. 

1901. June - 

July $ 110 00 

Aug 390 00 

1902. Oct, 1, Balance on hands, nothing 

$ 500 00 
Screens Fund. 

1901. Aug $ 5138 

Sept . 70 79 

Dec 79 48 

1902. Jan . . 8 35 

Feb 5 65 

• Oct. 1. Balance on hands 257 35 



Receipts. 
500 00 



$ 500 00 
$ 473 00 



$ 473 00 $ 473 00 



Water Fund. 



Disbursements. 

1901. July 

Aug $ 130 00 

Sept 419 12 

Oct 28 20 

Nov 506 50 

Dec... 1,916 16 

1902. Oct, 1, Balance on hands, nothing 



3,000 00 



Receipts. 
$ 1,500 00 



1,500 00 



3,000 00 



Odds and Ends Fund. 



Disbursements. 

1901. Sept $ 10 00 

Oct 5 00 

Nov 5 00 

Dec 5 00 

1902. Jan 5 00 

Feb 5 00 

Feb 

Mar 380 99 

April 

May 

July 

Sept 

Disbursements 176 08 

1902. Oct, 1, Balance on hands, nothing 



Receipts. 

63 85 

20 00 

37 14 

100 00 



174 00 
16 00 
41 59 
48 00 
11 49 
75 00 



$ 587 07 



187 0' 



Recapitulation. 



Fund. Balance. 

Current expense $ 4499 41 

Blinds 175 00 

Fur. Building No. 1 816 42 

Roads and walks 99 1 7 

Screens 2;">7 35 

Oct. 1, 1902, balance on hands JR 5847 35 



$ 5847 35 



28 



Biennial Repoet op the 



[W. Va. 



TABLE OF DISBURSEMENTS 

FROM CURRENT EXPENSE FUND FROM JUNE J t th, 1901, TO OCTOBER 1st, 

1002. 
Items. June 



Amusements 

Architect's services 

Bread 

Butter 

Beans 

Board of directors 
Blacksmithing .... 
Books, papers, etc. 

Bacon 

Coal 



Cream and milk . 

Commissions to Treasurer 

Can goods 

Clothing men 

Coffee , 

Cereals 

Dry goods and notions 

Drugs 

Eggs 

Priut — dried 

Fruit — fresh 

Fish — salt 

Fish — fresh .-> 

Flour and meal 

Feed 

Freight on merchandise 

Funeral expenses 

Gas for fuel 

Gas for light 

Groceries — small 

Hardware 

Harness, leather, etc 

Ice 

Labor — power house 

Labor — care patients, including officer' 

Labor — care buildings 

Labor— laundry 

Labor — sewing room 

Lard : 

Labor — on grounds 

Labor — preparation of food 

Lumber 

Lime and cement 

Laundry supplies 

Legal services 

Machine 

Meat — salt 

Meat— fresh 

Oils ; 



salary . 



Postage and box rent 

Poultry 

Potatoes 

Pickles 



1th to Oct. 1. 


1901 1902. 


1901 






32 


50 


$ 19 05 
, 249 96 


94 


82 


1,148 73 


98 


79 


751 32 


37 


42 


112 29 


434 


00 


434 29 


7 


70 


33 10 


44 


30 


160 26 


41 


68 


180 89 
353 69 


54 


96 


773 31 
143 44 


560 


33 


1,895 85 


217 


18 


486 90 


83 


25 


241 35 


26 


68 


243 99 


191 


00 


808 36 


207 


69 


573 68 


218 


04 


386 13 


10 


96 


395 56 


128 


71 


229 82 


-5 


60 


4 90 


6 


51 


19 43 


59 


60 


244 42 


170 


27 


466 23 


61 


68 


154 80 


11 


35 


170 00 


42 


10 


928 50 


68 


15 


793 48 


107 


64 


455 23 


316 


67 


301 18 


24 


12 


35 45 


104 


72 


396 76 


95 


58 


627 40 


1,875 


42 


7,\328 35 


476 


26 


1,017 19 


206 


38 


700 75 


97 


67 


287 50 


55 


02 


302 65 


92 


34 


157 03 


142 


01 


494 15 


2 


00 


43 39 


12 


75 




45 


14 


176 67 
17 75 


25 


00 


25 00 


135 


01 


303 09 


366 


46 


1,413 96 


5 


19 


91 88 


21 


50 


107 50 


30 


99 


117 79 


111 


00 


320 35 


12 


73 


11 00 



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Plants and flowers 

Religious services 

Sundries , 

Sugar 

Soap, Sapolio, etc 

Syrup 

Salt 

Shoes — men 

Shoes — women 

Stationery and printing 

Telegrams 

Traveling expenses 

Tableware 

Tools for graunds 

Telephone 

Tobacco for patients . 

Tea 

Teamster 

Vinegar 

Vegetables 

Woodenware 

Water 

Repairs and permanent improvements 







23 25 


36 


40 


135 46 


88 


07 


134 55 


173 


36 


331 24 


66 


50 


397 45 


14 


75 


157 08 


2 


30 


13 15 


73 


50 


244 55 


40 


25 


93 80 


129 


79 


117 92 


7 


03 


11 57 


27 


45 


172 40 




48 


38 28 


42 


03 


3 20 


26 


35 


68 55 


27 


28 


223 50 


13 


50 


218 69 


81 


68 


425 79 




40 


4 90 


205 


52 


506 88 


28 


50 


138 32 


67 


50 


276 50 




69 


8,500 28 




25 


$ 39,007 83 


32 


86 


113 31 



Less Discounts 

i 

Total disbursements ,..,...'...$ 9,063 39 $ 38,894 52 

I, L. V. Gu„nrie, Superintendent of the West Virginia Asylum for Incur- 
ables, do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best 
of my knowledge and belief. 

L. V. Guthrie, 
Superintendent. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of October, 1902. 

W. D. Keister, 

Notary Public. 



We, the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the West Vir- 
ginia Asylum for Incurables, to settle with the Superintendent beg to state 
that we have compared the above report of the Superintendent with the 
books and vouchers on file and find that the report is correct. 

Jno. A. Jones, 
B. W. Foster, 
Sam'l R. Holroyd. 



30 



Biexnial Report of the 



[W. Va. 



SETTING ROOM REPORT. 

Showing number of pieces made and mended in the sewing room from June Jfth, 
1901, to October 1, 1902. 



Blankets 

Dresses 

Skirts 

Chemise 

Carriage cover 

Drawers 

Aprons 

Silence cloth . . 

Waists 

Shirts 

Underskirts . . . 

Bibs 

Garters — pairs 
Curtains — pairs 
Night gowns . . 
Night shirts . . 

Pants 

Corset waists . . 



Made into- 



36 

151 

97 

60 

1 

127 

92 

2 

50 

25 

46 

43 

32 

38 

56 

128 

29 



Window blinds . 
Dust cloths 
Towels — double 
Towels — single . 

Sheets 

Table cloths . . . 
Napkins — linen . 
Napkins — cotton 
Pillow shams . . 
Pillow cases . . . 
Handkerchiefs . 
Bandages . ... 
Dresser scarfs . 
Suspenders .... 

Shroud 

Laundry bags . . 

Bonnets 

Neckties 



24 

31 

95 

233 

132 

50 

76 

359 

36 

84 

6 

1 

1 

16 

1 

4 

1 



For men 



Number Pieces Mended. 
2,664 For women 



3,438 



Total made and mended 8,289 

Isabella Ball. Mgr. 8. R. 



LAUNDRY REPORT. 

Total number of pieces washed in laundry from June 4th, 1901, to Oct. 
1, 1902, 317,948, at a cost for labor of $907.13, or .28 of a cent per piece. 

Zona Cummings, 
Manager Laundry. 



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31 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 

From June 4th, 1901, to Oct. 1st, 1901. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 
Gentlemen: — I have the pleasure of presenting herewith the report of 
moneys received and disbursed by me for the West Virginia Asylum for 
Incurables. 

Current Expense Fund. 

Disbursed. ' Received. 

1901. June 4 Amount on hand, nothing. 

June 27 Received of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 4,101 18 $ 4,101 18 

July 27 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. 

Guthrie 4,000 00 4,000 00 

Aug. 26 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. 

Guthrie 2,000 00 2,000 00 

Sept. 21 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. ' 

Guthrie 2,333 00 2,333 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 12,437 18 $ 12,437 18 

Furniture No. i Fund. 

Disbursed. Received. 

1901. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

June 27 Rec'd of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie ... $ 234 42 $ 234 42 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 234 42 $ 234 42 

Blinds Fund. 

Disbursed. Received. 

1902. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

June 27 Received of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 995 00 $ 995 00 

July 27 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. 

Guthrie 175 00 175 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 1,170 00 $ 1,170 00 

Addition to Stable Fund. 

Disbursed. Received. 

1901. June 4 Amount on hands, notning. 

June 27 Received of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 500 00 $ 500 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 500 00 $ 500 00 

Furniture Building No. 1. 

1901. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

June 27 Received of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie .$ 2.000 00 $ 2.000 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 2 ,000 00 $ 2.000 00 



32 Biexxial Report of the [w. Va. 

Water Mains Fund. 
1901. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

June 27 Received of J. Q. Dickison and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 1,500 00 $ 1,500 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 1,500 00 $ 1,500 00 

Electric Light and Laundry Building Fund. 
1901. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

July 27 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. 

Guthrie $ 1,500 00 $ 1,500 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 1,500 00 $ 1,500 00 

Screens Fund. 

Disbursed. Received 

1901. June 4 Amount on hands, nothing. 

Aug. 26 Received of Auditor and paid to Supt. 

Guthrie $ 473 00 $ 473 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 473 00 $ 473 00 

Odds and Ends Fund. 

1901. Sept. 21 Received of Supt. Guthrie $ 63 85 

Sept. 21 Paid to Supt. Guthrie $ 63 85 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 63 85 $ 63 85 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. A. Jones. 
Taken, subscribed and sworn to berore me a Notary Public this, 25th day 
of April, 1901. 

H. E. McMilltjx, 
Xotary Public for Cabell County. 



SEMI-ANXUAL REPORT OF TREASURER. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 
We, tbe undersigned committee appointed by you to settle witb the 
Treasurer, J. A. Jones, beg leave to submit tbe following report: 

We have carefully examined the said Treasurer's report from June 4th, 
1901, to Oct. 1, 1901, and find the same to be correct and herewith return 
to the Board the vouchers for the said period duly cancelled. 

We find that during the said period the Treasurer has disbursed the sum 
of $21,378.45 om which sum he is entitled to a commission of one-fourth 
of one per cent., which amounts to $53.44, and which amount we respect- 
fully recommend be paid him. 

Respectfully submitted, 

L. C. Queex. 
Samuel R. Holeoyd. 



1902.] 



Asylum for Incurables. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

From Oct. 1, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902. 

Current Expense Fund. 

Disbursed. 
Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 7,000 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,500 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,500 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,500 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,500 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,500 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,800 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 

Received from Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 

Balance on hands, nothing. 

$40,000 00 
Water Mains Fund. 
Received of Auditor and paid to' 

Supt. Guthrie $ 1,500 00 

Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 1,500 00 
Electric Light and Laundry Building Fund. 

Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 3,000 00 

Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 3,000 00 
Roads and Walks Fund. 

Disbursed. 
Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie- $ 200 00 

Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie . .' ' 200 00 

Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 100 00 

Balance on hands, nothing. 

$ 500 00 
Building Fund. 

Disbursed. 
Amount on hands, nothing. 

Received of Auditor 

Taid to Supt. Guthrie $ 1.000 00 

Paid to Caldwell & Drake 2.000 00 



1901. 



1902. 



1901. 
1902. 



1901. 
1902. 



1901. 



1901. 



Nov. 5 

Dec. 20 

Jan. 7 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 11 

Apr. 20 

May 10 

June 13 

July 7 

Aug. 9 

Sept. 4 

Oct. 1 

Nov. 5 

Oct. 1 



Nov. 5 
Oct. 1 



Nov. 5 

Dec. 20 

Jan. 7 

Oct. 1 



Oct. 1 

Dec. 20 

Dec. 20 

Dec. 23 



Received. 
$ 7,000 00 
3,500 00 
3,500 00 
3,500 00 
3,500 00 
3,500 00 
3,800 00 
2,925 00 
2,925 00 
2,925 00 
2,925 00 

$40,000 00 

$ 1.500 00' 
$ 1,500 00 

$ 3,000 00 

$ 3,000 00 

Received. 
$ 200 00 
200 00 
100 00 

$ 500 00 

Received. 

$ 4.000 00 



34 Biennial Report of the [W. Va. 

1902. Jan. 7 Received of Auditor 2,000 00 

Jan. 16 Paid to Caldwell & Drake 2,000 00 

Feb. 14 Paid to Caldwell & Drake 700 00 

Feb. 17 Received of Auditor 2,000 00 

Feb. 28 Paid to Caldwell & Drake 1,000 00 

Mar. 6 Paid to Caldwell & Drake , 3,300 00 

Mar. 11 Received of Auditor 2,000 00 

Apr. 27 Received of Sunt. Guthrie ". . 500 00 

Apr. 28 -Paid to Caldwell & Drake 400 00 

Oct. 1 Amount on hands. 100 00 

$ 10,500 00 $ 10,500 00 

Odds and Ends Fund. 

Received. 

1901. Mar. 31 Received of Supt. Guthrie. $ 380 99 

Sept. 30 Received of Supt. Guthrie 176 08 

1902. Oct. Balance on hands $ 557 07 

$ 557 07. $ 557 07 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 
From April 1st, 1902, to October 1st, 1902. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 
Gentlemen: — I take pleasure in presenting herewith the semi-annual 
report of moneys received and disbursed by me for the Asylum for Incur- 
ables. 

Current Expense Fund. 

Disbursed. Received.. 

1902. Apr. 1 Amount on hands, nothing. 

Apr. 20 Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie $ 3,500 00 $ 3,500 00 

May 10 Received of * Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 3,800 00 3,800 00 

June 13 Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 2,925 00 

July 7 Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie . 2,925 00 2,925 00 

Aug. 9 Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie 2,925 00 2,925 00 

Sept. 4 Received of Auditor and paid to 

Supt. Guthrie .' 2,925 00 2,925 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands, nothing. 

$19,000 00 '$ 19,000 00 
Odds and Ends Fund. 

1902. Apr. 1 Amount on hands $ 380 99 

Sept. Received of Supt. Guthrie '. . 176 08 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands $ 557 07 

$ 557 07 $ 557 07 

Building Fund. 

Disbursed. Received. 

1902. Apr. 1 Amount on hands, nothing. 

Apr. 27 Received of Supt. Guthrie $ 500 00 

Apr. 28 Paid to Caldwell & Drake $ 400 00 

Oct. 1 Balance on hands 100 00 

$ 500 00 $ 500 00 



1902.] Asylum for Incurables. 



Recapitulation. 
Funds. , 1 

Current expense $ 19,000 00 $ 19,000 00 

Building 400 00 500 00 

Odds and ends '. 557 07 



Oct. 1, 1902 Total disbursements $ 19,400 00 

Oct. l, 1902 .Remaining in hands of Treasurer G57 07 



$ 20,057 07 $ 20,(157 07 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. A. Jones. 
Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Oct., 1902. 

Herbert McMillun, 

Notary Public. 

To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for In- 
curables: 
We, the undersigned committee appointed by you to setle with the Treas- 
urer, J. A. Jones, beg leave to submit the for owing report: 

We have carefully examined the said Treasurer's report from the 1st of 
Oct., 1901, to the 1st of Oct., 1902, and find the same to be correct and 
herewith return to the Board the vouchers for the said period duly can- 
celled. , 

We find that from Oct. 1st, 1901, to Oct. 1st, 1902, the Treasurer du. 
bursed the sum of $55,400.00 on which sum he is entilted to. a commission 
of one- fourth of one per cent, which amounts to $138.50 and which amount 
less $90.00 which he was paid at the April settlement, we respectfully rec- 
ommend to be paid him. 

L. C. Queen, 
Sam'l R. Holroyd. 

Committee. 



SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER. 
To the Honorable Board of Directors of the West Virginia Asylum for in- 
curables'. 

We, the undersigned committee appointed by you to settle with the Treas- 
urer, J. A. Jones, beg leave to suomit the following report: 

We have carefully examined the said Treasurer's report from the 1st. of 
April, 1902, to Oct. 1st, 1902, and find the same correct ami herewith return 
to the Board the vouchers for the said period duly cancelled. 

We find that during the said period the Treasurer has disbursed the sum 
of $19,400.00 on which sum he is entitled to a commission of one-fourth o( 
one per cent, which amounts to $48.50 and which amount we respectfully 
recommend to bo paid him. 

Respectfully submitted, 

1 . C. Qi UN. 

SAM'! R. 1 lO! ROYD. 



36 BlENiMIAL RePOKT OF THE [W. 'Va. 



BLANK FORM 
For Physician's Statement to the V/est Virginia Asylum for Incurables at 
Huntington, W. Va.: 

Name of Applicant County 

Age Where born 

Is he of African descent? 

Is he married If so how many children has he?. ........... . 

What are h habits and occupation? ' 

Give a full description of Applicant's disease 

Does the above disease appear to- increase? 

Is epilepsy a complication? If so 

How long existing? 

Is syphilis a complication? 

Is Applicant an Idiot or Imbecile? 

Has he at any time indications 01 insanity? : 

If so is h derangement evinced on one or on several subjects? 



Has Applicant ever been guilty of any misdemeanor or other crime? 



If so give particulars 

Give patient's past and present habits in regard to the use of alcohol or 
other stimulants, and in the use of chloral, morphine and other narcotics 

Has he shown any disposition to commit violence to himself or others? 

What, if any, restraint has been imposed upon h 

Is Applicant or any of h near relatives paupers? 

If, any, what connections of h have been insane? 

If any, what connections of h have been addicted to the excessive use of 
alcohol or have belonged to the criminal class? 



Were h parents or grand-parents blood relations, 
If so to what degree 



Has he any bodily disease from suppression of evacuations, eruptions, 
sores, or injuries 

Give facts as to the patient's habits of cleanliness 

Give habits as to destructiveness 

In case of death after admission to the institution what disposition shall 

be made of the remains? 

P. O. and Telegraph address of friends, 



1902.] Asylum foe Incurables. 37 

Date 

Name M. D. 

Examining Physician. 
P. O. address 



Note. — It is important that the above list of questions should be answered 
and no application will be considered complete until this is done. 

Remarks — 



Subscribed and sworn to before me 

this day of 

190 



